Barbados
needed to win the game by two clear goals in order to progress to the
next round. Now the trouble was caused by a daft rule in the competition
which stated that in the event of a game going to penalty kicks, the
winner of the penalty kicks would be awarded a 2-0 victory.
With 5 minutes
to go, Barbados were leading 2-1, and going out of the tournament
(because they needed to win by 2 clear goals). Then, when they realized
they were probably not going to score against Grenada's massed defense,
they turned round, and deliberately scored on their own goal to level
the scores and take the game into penalties. Grenada, themselves not
being stupid, realized what was going on, and then attempted to score an
own goal themselves. However, the Barbados players started defending
their opponents goal to prevent this. In the last five minutes,
spectators were treated to the incredible sight of both team's defending
their opponents goal against attackers desperately trying to score an
own goal and goalkeepers trying to throw the ball into their own net.